Mixel, Inc., a leading provider of mixed-signal interface IP, will exhibit at booth #2616 at Design Automation Conference (DAC) 2025 on June 23-25. The company will demonstrate its latest customer demos featuring Mixel’s MIPI PHY IP and LVDS IP. Mixel’s customers include many of the world’s largest semiconductors and system… Read More





Analog Bits at the 2025 Design Automation Conference #62DAC
Analog Bits attends a lot of events. I know because I see them a lot in my travels. Lately, the company has been stealing the show with cutting-edge analog IP on a broad range of popular nodes and a strategy that will change the way design is done. Analog Bits is quietly rolling out a new approach to system design. One that delivers a holistic… Read More
SoC Front-end Build and Assembly
Modern SoCs can be complex with hundreds to thousands of IP blocks, so there’s an increasing need to have a front-end build and assembly methodology in place, eliminating manual steps and error-prone approaches. I’ve been writing about an EDA company that focuses on this area for design automation, Defacto Technologies, and … Read More
Siemens EDA Outlines Strategic Direction for an AI-Powered, Software-Defined, Silicon-Enabled Future
In a keynote delivered at this year’s Siemens EDA User2User event, CEO Mike Ellow presented a focused vision for the evolving role of electronic design automation (EDA) within the broader context of global technology shifts. The session covered Siemens EDA’s current trajectory, market strategy, and the changing landscape … Read More
Cadence at the 2025 Design Automation Conference #62DAC
Cadence, a DAC 2025 industry sponsor, will exhibit in booth 1609 at the 62nd Design Automation Conference at San Francisco’s Moscone West Convention Center.
Highlights:
Paul Cunningham, SVP and GM of the System Verification Group, Cadence, will speak at Cooley’s DAC Troublemaker Panel. This discussion will be an open… Read More
Verific Design Automation at the 2025 Design Automation Conference
Rick Carlson, Verific Design Automation’s Vice President of Sales, is an EDA trends spotter. I was reminded of his prescience when he recently called to catch up and talk about Verific’s role as provider of front-end platforms powering an emerging EDA market.
Verific, he said, is joining forces with a group of well-funded startups… Read More
Video EP8: How Defacto Technologies Helps Customers Build Complex SoC Designs
In this episode of the Semiconductor Insiders video series, Dan is joined by Chouki Aktouf, CEO and Founder of Defacto Technologies. Dan explores the challenges of building complex SoCs with Chouki, who describes challenges around managing complexity at the front end of the process while staying within PPA requirements and … Read More
Podcast EP290: Navigating the Shift to Quantum Safe Security with PQShield’s Graeme Hickey
Dan is joined by Graeme Hickey, vice president of engineering at PQShield. Graeme has over 25 years of experience in the semiconductor industry creating cryptographic IP and security subsystems for secure products. Formerly of NXP Semiconductor, he was senior manager of the company’s Secure Hardware Subsystems group responsible… Read More
ChipAgent AI at the 2025 Design Automation Conference #62DAC
The semiconductor world is gathering at DAC 62, and ChipAgents AI is coming ready to show why agentic AI is the missing piece in modern RTL design and verification. Whether you’re drowning in terabytes of waveform data, grinding toward 100% functional coverage, or hunting for ways to accelerate time-to-market, our sessions and… Read More
proteanTecs at the 2025 Design Automation Conference #62DAC
Discover how proteanTecs is transforming health and performance monitoring across the semiconductor lifecycle to meet the growing demands of AI and Next-Gen SoCs.
Stop by DAC booth #1616 to experience our latest technologies in action, including interactive live demos and explore our full suite of solutions — designed to boost… Read More
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